Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate Naval History, from the Earliest Periods, 第 5 巻C. J. Barrinton, 1813 |
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... seemed determined to proceed to the execution of Colonel Wolfe's plan . But this resolution was afterwards staggered by General Conway , who , after a tedious examination of several prisoners from the isle of Aix , reported that ...
... seemed determined to proceed to the execution of Colonel Wolfe's plan . But this resolution was afterwards staggered by General Conway , who , after a tedious examination of several prisoners from the isle of Aix , reported that ...
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... seemed to be regulars . This being reported to the general , all the grenadiers were ordered to advance , and they pressed forward with great eagerness ; but the enemy did not think fit to wait for them . Having marched about four miles ...
... seemed to be regulars . This being reported to the general , all the grenadiers were ordered to advance , and they pressed forward with great eagerness ; but the enemy did not think fit to wait for them . Having marched about four miles ...
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... seemed necessary to abandon all farther prospects of gaining any advantage on the side of Montmorenci , Admiral Holmes's squadron , which had returned to assist in the late unsuccessful attack , was again ordered to move up the river ...
... seemed necessary to abandon all farther prospects of gaining any advantage on the side of Montmorenci , Admiral Holmes's squadron , which had returned to assist in the late unsuccessful attack , was again ordered to move up the river ...
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... seemed to derive courage from despair , and the greater misfortunes they sustained , the more daring were the projects which they had in agitation . All their ports were now filled with preparations for an invasion of Great Britain ...
... seemed to derive courage from despair , and the greater misfortunes they sustained , the more daring were the projects which they had in agitation . All their ports were now filled with preparations for an invasion of Great Britain ...
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... seemed to favour his designs . English army , having marched out of the city , and de- scended from the heights of Abraham , attacked the enemy's van with such impetuosity , that it was obliged to give way , and to fall back on the main ...
... seemed to favour his designs . English army , having marched out of the city , and de- scended from the heights of Abraham , attacked the enemy's van with such impetuosity , that it was obliged to give way , and to fall back on the main ...
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472 ページ - I found it in vain, and, in short, impracticable, from the situation we were in, to stand out any longer with the least prospect of success. I therefore struck. Our mainmast at the same time went by the board.
350 ページ - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
13 ページ - Every person in the fleet, who through cowardice, negligence, or disaffection, shall in time of action withdraw or keep back, or not come into the fight or engagement, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every ship which it shall be his duty to engage, and to assist and relieve all and every of His Majesty's ships, or those of his allies, which it shall be his duty to assist...
144 ページ - ... accountable for his conduct, and that he would not remain in a situation which made him responsible for measures he was no longer allowed to guide.
338 ページ - They were curious in examining every part of the ship, which they viewed with uncommon attention. They had not the least knowledge of goats, hogs, dogs, or cats, and had not even a name for one of them. They seemed fond of large spike-nails, and pieces of red cloth, or indeed of any other colour, but red was their favourite.
284 ページ - ... should have gone to pieces, we might have been set ashore by the boats, and from which they might have taken us by different turns to the main; the wind, however, gradually died away and early in the forenoon it was a dead calm; if it had blown hard the ship must inevitably have been destroyed.
432 ページ - ... and the public, that the signal for coming into " the Victory's wake was flying from three o'clock in the '• afternoon till eight in the evening unobeyed ; at the " same time he did not charge the vice-admiral with
350 ページ - Countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole Empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of Taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
347 ページ - Parliament, in which they were informed that in consequence of the unwarrantable practices carried on in North America, and particularly of the violent and outrageous proceedings at the town and port of Boston, with a view of obstructing the commerce of this kingdom, and upon grounds and pretences immediately subversive of its constitution, it was thought fit to lay the whole matter before Parliament...
293 ページ - ... with pliable rods about as thick as a man's finger, in the form of an oven, by sticking the two ends into the ground, and then covering them with palm-leaves and broad pieces of bark : the door is nothing but a large hole at one end, opposite to which the fire is made, as we perceived by the ashes.